Google Earth Engine and Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observation
Algorithms and Sustainable Applications
- 1st Edition - June 9, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: Vishakha Sood, Dileep Kumar Gupta, Sartajvir Singh, Biswajeet Pradhan
- Language: English
Google Earth Engine and Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observation: Algorithms and Sustainable Applications explores a wide range of transformative data fusion techniques of… Read more
- Includes utilization of AI with GEE tools for a spectrum of scientific domains in remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) including natural hazard assessment, aquatic and hydrological applications, and forest cover
- Highlights the challenges and possible solutions for AI-driven tools and technologies for Earth observation data analysis
- Includes detailed case studies showing specific considerations and exceptions for applications of AI in GEE for Earth observation
based remote sensing
1. Introduction to Google Earth Engine: A comprehensive workflow
2. Role of GEE in earth observation via remote sensing
3. A meta-analysis of Google Earth Engine in different scientific domains
4. Exploration of science of remote sensing and GIS with GEE
5. Cloud computing platformsebased remote sensing big data applications
6. Role of various machine and deep learning classification algorithms in Google Earth Engine: A comparative analysis
7. Google Earth Engine and artificial intelligence for SDGs
Section B - Emerging applications of GEE in Earth observation
8. Machine learning algorithms for air quality and air pollution monitoring using GEE
9. Investigation of surface water dynamics from the Landsat series using Google Earth Engine: A case study of Lake Bafa
10. Monitoring of land cover changes and dust events over the last 2 decades using Google Earth Engine: Hamoun wetland, Iran
11. Leveraging Google Earth Engine for improved groundwater management and sustainability
12. Customized spatial data cube of urban environs using Google Earth Engine (GEE)
13. A novel self-supervised framework for satellite image classification in the Google Earth Engine cloud computing platform
14. Assessment and monitoring of forest fire using vegetation indices and AI/ML techniques over google earth engine
15. Utilizing google earth engine and remote sensing with machine learning algorithms for assessing carbon stock loss and atmospheric impact through pre- and postfire analysis
16. Time series of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery for parcel-based crop-type classification using Random Forest algorithm and Google Earth Engine
17. Multi-temporal monitoring of impervious surface areas (ISA) changes in an Arctic setting, using ML, remote sensing data, and GEE
18. Estimation of snow or ice cover parameters using Google Earth engine and AI
19. Climate change challenges: The vital role of Google Earth Engine for sustainability of small islands in the archipelagic countries
20. Evaluating machine learning algorithms for classifying urban heterogeneous landscapes using GEE
21. Application of analytic hierarchy process for mapping flood vulnerability in Odisha using Google Earth Engine
22. Deep learning-based method for monitoring precision agriculture using Google Earth Engine
23. Role of AI and IoT in agricultural applications using Google Earth Engine
24. Mature and immature oil palm classification from image Sentinel-2 using Google earth engine (GEE)
25. Tracking land use and land cover changes in Ghaziabad district of India using machine learning and Google Earth engine
Section C - Challenges and future trends of GEE
26. Challenges and limitations for cloud-based platforms and integration with AI algorithms for earth observation data analytics
27. AI-driven tools and technologies for agriculture land use & land cover classification using earth observation data analytics
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: June 9, 2025
- Language: English
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Vishakha Sood
Dr. Vishakha Sood is working as Scientist at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, Punjab. She has been awarded with Women Scientist (WoS-A) Fellowship from Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India for three years i.e., 2022-2025. She received her PhD in 2020 for “Detection of Snow/Ice over North Indian Himalayas” using satellite imagery. She has received the M. Tech and B. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Himachal Pradesh University (in 2008) and M. Tech from Punjab Technical University (in 2011). She has also done MBA (Human Resource) from Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE) Deemed to be University in 2010. She received the "Outstanding Performance Award" in CESA-FIESTA 2023 Symposium from IIT, Ropar. She has more than 10 years of experience in the field of academics, research and administration. She has authored many SCI-indexed articles (IEEE, T&F, ELSEVIER, and SPRINGER), SCOPUS indexed book chapters and holds many inventions. Her research interests include satellite sensors, remote sensing, and digital image analysis. She is IEEE Senior Member and active member of various societies as Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS), Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), Punjab Science Congress (Punjab Academy of Sciences) and IEEE Sensors council, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Digital Library and IEEE Women in Engineering. She is editing various Special Issues in the Journal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (EMAS) –Springer and Frontiers in Earth Sciences and in addition, various books with Elsevier.
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Dileep Kumar Gupta
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Sartajvir Singh
Dr. Sartajvir Singh is currently serving as Chief Scientific Officer at the Center of Excellence in Socio-Environmental Sustainability for River Sand Mining (SENSRS) and Project Director (ICSSR Project) at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India. He is a digital image analyst with expertise in remote sensing and earned his PhD in Electronics & Communication Engineering (Outstanding Thesis Awardee, 2018) after completing his M. Tech (Gold Medalist) and B.Tech with Distinction. He is a Registered Indian Patent & Trademark Agent and a DGCA-approved drone operator, with 70+ innovations (35+ patents granted) and 90+ SCI/Scopus-indexed publications. He has secured over four Crore (INR) research funding, received multiple fellowships, held editorial positions, and is an IEEE Senior Member, advancing electronics, image processing, and geospatial intelligence.
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Biswajeet Pradhan
Professor Pradhan is a globally recognized expert in geospatial analytics and artificial intelligence applications in Earth and environmental sciences. Currently a Distinguished Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, he also leads the Centre for Advanced Modelling and Geospatial Information Systems (CAMGIS). With a PhD in GIS-based modeling, Prof. Pradhan has over two decades of experience in spatial data science, remote sensing, natural hazard modeling, and environmental monitoring. He has been listed among the world's top 2% scientists by Stanford University and received numerous international awards, including from IEEE and Elsevier. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS), he also serves on editorial boards of several top-tier journals. His research integrates geospatial AI and deep learning for disaster risk reduction, land use planning, and sustainability.